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Prayers and Meditations — §406

Arabic source with Shoghi Effendi’s authorized English translation. Paragraph 406 of 858.

Source (Arabic)

سُبْحَانَكَ اللَّهُمَّ يا إِلهِي بِاسْمِكَ الَّذِيْ بِهِ اخْضَرَّتْ سِدْراتُ رِضْوانِ أَمْرِكَ، وَأَثْمَرَتْ بِفَواكهِ القُدْسِ فِي هذَا الرَّبِيِعِ الَّذِيْ فِيهِ هَبَّتْ رَوائِحُ مَوَاهِبِكَ وَأَلطافِكَ، وَأُوتِيَ كُلُّ شَيْءٍ ما قُدِّرَ لَهُ فِي مَلَكُوتِ قَضَائِكَ وَجَبَرُوتِ تَقْدِيرِكَ، بِأَنْ لا تَجْعَلَنِيْ بَعِيدًا عَنْ سَاحَةِ قُدْسِكَ وَلا مَحْرُومًا عَنْ حَرَمِ عِزِّ تَوْحِ

Shoghi Effendi Translation

Magnified, O Lord my God, be Thy Name, whereby the trees of the garden of Thy Revelation have been clad with verdure, and been made to yield the fruits of holiness during this Springtime when the sweet savors of Thy favors and blessings have been wafted over all things, and caused them to bring forth whatsoever had been preordained for them in the Kingdom of Thine irrevocable decree and the Heaven of Thine immutable purpose. I beseech Thee by this very Name not to suffer me to be far from the court of Thy holiness, nor debarred from the exalted sanctuary of Thy unity and oneness.

Translation Notes

سُبْحَانَكَ
s-b-ḥ → “Magnified” Distinctive

literal: glorified; the All-Praised; exalted; dawn; daybreak; morning

اللَّهُمَّ
ʾ-l-h → “O Lord” Distinctive

literal: God; Allah; deity; Divinity; divine nature; godhood

يا
y-ʾ

literal: O; or

بِاسْمِكَ
s-m-w → “Thy Name”

literal: to name, to nominate, to designate, to appoint; name; noun; to name, to appoint, to designate

الَّذِيْ
l-dh-y → “which”

literal: who; which; that which; the one who

بِهِ
b-h

literal: by it; by him; with it

اخْضَرَّتْ
kh-ḍ-r → “green” Distinctive

literal: green; Khidr; became green

سِدْراتُ
s-d-r → “trees”

literal: lote-tree; divine tree

رِضْوانِ
r-ḍ-w → “garden of Thy” Distinctive

literal: good-pleasure, consent, satisfaction; satisfaction; pleasure; approval; contentment

أَمْرِكَ،
ʾ-m-r → “Revelation” Distinctive

literal: command; cause; matter; affair

وَأَثْمَرَتْ
th-m-r → “fruit” Distinctive

literal: fruit; the fruit

بِفَواكهِ
f-k-h → “fruits”

literal: fruit; botanical fruit or produce

القُدْسِ
q-d-s → “holiness”

literal: holy, sacred, sanctified

فِي
f-y → “in”

literal: alas; woe; oh

هذَا
h-dh-ʾ → “this”

literal: this; that

الرَّبِيِعِ
r-b-ʿ → “Springtime”

literal: four; quarter; group of four

هَبَّتْ
h-b-b → “have been wafted”

literal: by, with, through (preposition)

رَوائِحُ
r-w-ḥ → “sweet savors”

literal: narration; tradition; fragrance

مَوَاهِبِكَ
w-h-b → “favors”

literal: gift; grant; bestowal

وَأَلطافِكَ،
l-ṭ-f → “loving-kindness” Distinctive

literal: kindness; grace; gentleness; benevolence

وَأُوتِيَ
ʾ-t-y → “bring forth”

literal: come; came; bring

كُلُّ
k-l-l → “all”

literal: for us; to us

شَيْءٍ
sh-y-ʾ → “things”

literal: thing; something; to will; to wish; to desire; to open; to unfold; to reveal

ما
m-ʾ → “that”

literal: what; which; that which; relative pronoun; interrogative

قُدِّرَ
q-d-r → “had been preordained”

literal: power; might; decree; measure; worth

لَهُ
h-w → “is”

literal: for them both; to both of them (dual pronoun)

مَلَكُوتِ
m-l-k → “Kingdom”

literal: kingdom; dominion; realm; sovereignty

قَضَائِكَ
q-ḍ-y → “Thine irrevocable decree”

literal: requirement; exigency; what demands or calls for

وَجَبَرُوتِ
j-b-r → “Heaven”

literal: compelled; forced; constrained

بِأَنْ
ʾ-n-n → “that”

literal: that; those; he; she; it

لا
l-ʾ → “not”

literal: no; not; negation particle

تَجْعَلَنِيْ
j-ʿ-l → “to suffer me” Distinctive

literal: to make; to cause; to render; to appoint

بَعِيدًا
b-ʿ-d → “far”

literal: after; behind; distance

عَنْ
ʿ-n → “from”

literal: from; about; concerning; away from

سَاحَةِ
s-w-ḥ → “court”

literal: court; plaza; courtyard; open space; domain; presence

وَلا
w-l-y → “nor” Distinctive

literal: friend; lord; guardian

مَحْرُومًا
ḥ-r-m → “debarred” Distinctive

literal: sanctity, inviolability, dignity, honor, respect

عِزِّ
ʿ-z-z

literal: glory; might; honor; dignity; power; majesty

تَوْحِ
w-ḥ-d → “unity and oneness”

literal: to bewitch; to charm

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